Seven Charlotte 49er student-athletes earned Atlantic 10 weekly honors on Monday. Men’s golf senior Corey Nagy, women’s cross country junior Amanda Goetschius, women’s soccer senior Hailey Beam, and men’s soccer sophomore Evan James earned A-10 Player of the Week honors. Earning ookie of the Week accolades were volleyball freshman Bianca Rouse, cross country freshman Maria Ruiz, and Jennings Rex of men’s soccer.
Finishing in 12th in the Charlotte Invitational 5k with a personal best time of 17:58, Ruiz picked up her second A-10 Rookie of the Week honor of the year. Ruiz also won Rookie of the Week Sept. 8 for her second place finish in her collegiate debut at the USC Upstate Eye Opener.
Goetschius, the 2008 Atlantic 10 Individual Champion, had a runner-up finish at the Charlotte Invitational and earned the honors for her personal best time of 17:09. In a field of more than 200 competitors, Goetschius led the 49ers to a first-place finish in the meet.
Defending A-10 Champion Corey Nagy was named A-10 Golfer of the Week after recording his third career individual victory at the VCU Shootout. Nagy finished the tournament at six-under, 210. The three-time all-American led Charlotte to a ninth-place team finish after firing an opening round 69 and shot a two-under 70 in the final round to win the title by two shots.
Rouse put up a career-high 16 kills against just one error in 32 attempts in Charlotte’s five-set win over Fordham in the Dig Pink Match and led Charlotte in kills in both conference matches this weekend. The award marked the third time this season that a Charlotte volleyball player has won Rookie of the Week honor and was the first time for Rouse.
Beam scored the game-winner in each of Charlotte’s wins last weekend and is also second on the team in goal-scoring with seven. She has 33 career goals and is just four goals shy of breaking the program’s all-time scoring record.
Beam earned Player of the Week honors for her role in the team’s victories over Rhode Island and Massachusetts last weekend. It marked the fourth time in her career that Beam won the award. The women’s soccer team has had a player win the award in three consecutive weeks and four times this season.
James scored a goal and assisted on the game-winner in Charlotte’s 3-1 win over #3 Wake Forest last Tuesday to take home Player of the Week honors. The 49ers’ road win snapped the Demon Deacons’ nation’s best 46-match non-conference unbeaten streak. The men’s program has won Player of the Week honors three times this season, the recognition also marked the second time this season that James has won the award. TopDrawerSoccer.com named Charlotte the National Team of the Week for the second time this season.
Rex scored the game-winner on his only shot against #3 Wake Forest in the team’s 3-1 win last week. Rex also made his first career start in the team’s 1-0 win over Furman last Saturday. The award gave men’s soccer a clean sweep of the weekly A-10 awards after Rex won Rookie of the Week for the second time this season.
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